An inspirational tune for whatever resistance to truth and justice you are facing today: “The Walls Came Down,” from The Call, 1983. The Band’s Garth Hudson is on keyboards.

Ed Kilgore

Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.